Crimes Rekindle Debate Over Capital Punishment

[uledy]

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[beanii]

The dead doesn't remember their crime.

[brianathebard]

I'm against the death penalty in any case, but they most certainly do not deserve freedom. It costs the public less money to keep them alive, anyway.

[supplanter]

It costs the public less money to keep them alive, anyway.

Where are you getting that from?

[brianathebard]

Amnesty International

There are far more resources needed for an inmate in death row than an inmate for a life sentence. They have separate housing, more guards, and more hearings, so it costs the taxpayers more money. Plus, I'm a pro-life Christian so it's just part of my principles.

[supplanter]

The greatest costs associated with the death penalty occur prior to and during trial, not in post-conviction proceedings. Even if all post-conviction proceedings (appeals) were abolished, the death penalty would still be more expensive than alternative sentences.

Well, it costs the taxpayers more to attempt to pin the death penalty on them, at least. I don't know if you can extrapolate this to the SK system, though. Interesting nonetheless.

[asnindie]

Death Penalty, Yay or Nay?

In most case I'm against it but for mass murders like Anders Breivik, I say hang them.

[geonitacka]

Yeah I share the same viewpoint.

Fuckheads need to be dealt with.

All else, prison, mental hospital, etc.

[frantastic]

agreed

[tokidoki88]

Yay in case of mass murders and serial killers.

[geonitacka]

All I know is Chemical Castration doesn't really work. It has in some cases, but for the most part it's all mental so therefore, the lack of the physical doesn't change the foundation of these kinds of people.

It's one of those topics that the line is thin. Oh social issues.

[asnindie]

I remember reading something where abusers went back to doing what they did even after castration.

[muzegrey]

Rapists can still rape even if they are castrated. And most rapists cannot be "reformed" no matter what some people might say. You cannot teach someone not to rape. Rape is not about sexual desire - it is about power and force. People don't want to think there are true monsters out there but they do exist. And they should not see the light of day again.

[rosemaine]

cannot agree more

[jasmineakaiumi]

ia, I feel if they really wanted to rape someone they could do it without use of their own physical body parts.